Suspensory.



A 0 9 1 Rm 1 O N D E m N E T A P J. C. RILEY.

SUSPENSORY.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 26.190 1.

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8 f S S w W W Patented November 15, 1904.

PATENT JAMES C. RILEY, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

SUSPENSORY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 775,288, dated November 15, 1904.

Appli ation fil d May 26,1904. Serial No. 209,968. (No modeld 1'0 11/ It'll/(mt if m my concern/.-

Be it known that I, JAMES C. RILEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Suspensories, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to means to support the scrotum; and the object thereof is to provide a device which will not ehafe the body of the wearer. I accomplish this object by the suspensory described herein and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front view of a portion of a body with my improved suspensory in place thereon. Fig. 2 is a back view of the same.

In the drawings, A is the lower portion of the trunk of the body, and B Bare the upper portion of the thighs. U is the bag of my suspensory, which supports the scrotum. This bag is preferably made of resilient rubber, as that substance does not chafe the portions of the body with which it contacts and does not absorb perspiration. The front is provided with two straps I) and E, which are provided with buckles F and G or other suitable fastener, by means of which thigh-straps H and I are secured to straps D and E. Straps H and I are secured to the rear portion of the bag. A buttock-strap J, having a buckle therein to permit of its adjustment as to length, joins the thigh-straps.

In the use of my suspensory the front straps I) and E cross on the front of the wearer,

thereby avoiding the necessity for having a hole therethrough for the passage of the penis, (not shown,) which passes between and below said straps over the bag. The buttock-strap passes across the back above the l )uttocl\',there by preventing the suspensory from slipping down on the body of the wearer. By making the scrotum-bag and front straps of resilient rubber the scrotum is kept much cooler than if such bag were made of cloth and sufiicient resiliency is provided for the movements of the body, and the other parts may be nonelastic fabric. Another advantage of making the scrotum-bag of rubber is that it will not absorb moisture, is always pliant, and does not chafe the parts it contacts with.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A suspensory comprising a scrotum-bag; two short straps attached to the front thereof at a short distance apart; attaching means on the ends of said short straps; thigh-straps attached to the rear of said bag, said straps being adapted to be fastened to the front straps after said front straps are crossed; a buttock-strap secured to said thigh-straps.

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 19th day of May, 1904.

JAMES C. RILEY. \Vitnesses:

G. E. HARriIAM, MARGARETE C. NICKELESON. 

